Visual Artist
Painter

Leonardo M. Scarcia is a multidisciplinary visual artist working across painting, digital art, animation and moving image.

Contemporary Visual Art · Buda Studio · Brazil
Art
Practice

Painting, Digital Art & Moving Image

My artistic practice includes original paintings, physical artworks, limited editions, digital art, animation, moving image and 3D work.

The physical and digital sides of the practice are developed in parallel. The studio archive includes original works as well as digital pieces and selected editions made available through Buda Studio.

Buda Studio's current Store presents selected original artworks, limited editions, physical objects, wearables and digital pieces.

Painting Digital Art Animation Moving Image 3D Limited Editions

About Leonardo

Leonardo M. Scarcia is an Argentine visual artist based in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

His professional background includes visual art, graphic design, illustration, art direction, animation, motion graphics, 3D and digital image production.

Artist Statement

Minha pintura nasce de uma busca espiritual que atravessa minha trajetória artística. É uma investigação silenciosa sobre a consciência, o sonho, a transformação e os estados interiores do ser humano.

A presença de Buda em meu trabalho não representa apenas uma referência simbólica, mas uma busca pessoal por contemplação, equilíbrio e conexão entre o mundo interior e aquilo que nos rodeia.

+ Artist Biography

Leonardo M. Scarcia began exhibiting his work publicly in 1994, participating in the Bienal de Arte Joven in Buenos Aires.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, he continued exhibiting and developing his artistic practice while also building a professional career in graphic design, advertising, illustration, animation and art direction.

His professional work expanded into motion graphics, audiovisual production, 3D, digital illustration, interactive experiences and visual storytelling.

Since 2021, Scarcia has also developed an active practice within digital art and the NFT ecosystem, using Web3 as another channel for exhibiting and distributing his work internationally.

His work has been presented through international digital art events and platforms, including NFT NYC, NFC Lisboa, Solana Film Festival, NFT Tianguis, Japan Metaverse Exhibition and other digital art initiatives.

Today, his practice combines physical and digital artworks, painting, animation, moving image, 3D experimentation and independent artistic projects developed through Buda Studio.

+ Professional Background

Over more than two decades, Leonardo has worked across graphic design, art direction, motion graphics, video editing, visual storytelling and digital production.

His professional experience includes work for brands, agencies, independent projects and multidisciplinary teams, combining concept development, design, animation and visual communication.

This background continues to inform his artistic practice, particularly in the areas of image construction, animation, composition, movement and digital media.

Leonardo M Scarcia

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026
NFC LISBOA PEPE VAULT
NFC Lisboa · Portugal
2025
NOTABLE PEPE CARDS 8 & 6
Pepe WTF · US
2025
NFT NYC 24–25
New York · US
2025
NFC LISBOA 24–25
Lisboa · Portugal
2024
PEPE FEST / BEEPLE PEPE FEST
South Carolina · US
2024
SOLANA FILM FESTIVAL
Web3
2024
NFT TIANGUIS
Querétaro · México
2023
BUDA COLLECTIVE ARTIST
Garopaba · Brazil
2023
JAPAN METAVERSE EXHIBITION
Spatial Gallery VR
2023
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION IN CRYPTOVOXELS
Cryptovoxels